Penholder.



UNITED STATES Patented Januaryl, 1905,

PATENT OFFICE.

PENHOLDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,085, dated January 31, 1905.

Application filed May 21,1904. Serial No. 209,079.

.appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful im-v provements in penholders; and the object oil the invention is to produce an eiiicient holder in which one or more pens may beheld and extended for use and so arranged as-to be closed within the shank portion of a tubular holder and covered by means of a cap.

More speciiically, my invention comprises a cylindrical holder divided centrally by a partition-wall into two compartments and in each of which is mounted a semicylindrical holder having a screw projecting therefrom and guided in a longitudinal slot, whereby one or the other of the pens may be extended for use and retracted within the holder.

My invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters oi' reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved holder i'or pens. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through -the invention'.

. Fig. 3 is a, detail view of one of the slides or tubes within the holder. Fig. i is a sectional viewthrough the penholder.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a holder which may be of any suitable shape, preferably cylindrical, and has a longitudinal and centrally disposed partition A dividing the holder into two compartments.

B is a slide or tube, which is of semicylindrical shape in cross-section, adapted to have the same within the holder.

a longitudinal movement in one of said compartments formed by the central partitionA and the adjacent wall of the holder. A screw or pin I) projects from the convexed surface lof said slide or tube and extends through a slot a, formed longitudinally in the circumference oi' the cylindrical holder. Said pin or screw has a movement limitedby the length of said slide and is provided to move longitudinally for the purpose oi' extending the pen beyond the ends of the holder or withdrawing p In the drawings I have shown two slides, one' arranged in each compartment of the holder and of similar construction, and each is adapted to hold a pen E. Instead of slides, as shown, fonts containing ink and fountain-pens may be used. It will be understood that the. opposite end of the holder may holdl another set of slides, ii'

desired, or erasers, and when so used a cap F may be held over the end oi' the holder.

G designates an elongated cap which may be utilized to form an extended holder as desired or may be tted over the end of the cylindrical holder when the latter is not in use.

vBy the provision of a penholder made in accordance with my invention it will be observed that an efHcient means is provided for holding one or more pens in which the pen may beV drawn Within the holder to protect the point thereof, and by the provision of the central partition the slides are guided in their longitudinal movements and lirmly held.

While I have shown a particular detailed construction or' penholder embodying the features of my invention, it will be understood that I may make alterations, if desired, vin

by said partition, each Slide being eonvexed solid end and having a pfay in a slot in said upon its outer face and adapted to frietionally Contact with a eoncaved Wall of the easing and provided with a at surface frietionally engaging said partition, each slide being slotted at one end and provided with a core, one face of which is eonveXed, the inner end of said slide being solid, a screw Carried by Said easing, as set forth.

In testimony Wheleoil I hereunto aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUTHER L. MCCORMICK. Witnesses:

J ESSE E. BRowNLEn, HENRY B. HENSLEY. 

